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New hope for patients with rare lung cancer transformation
NCT ID NCT07414927
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-stage trial tests a new drug called BL0020 in 48 adults whose lung cancer has changed from one type (non-small cell) to another (small cell) after standard treatment. The drug is given by IV every three weeks. The goal is to see if it can shrink tumors and control the disease in people who have no other standard options.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- BL0020 (a polymer-drug conjugate containing the chemotherapy agent SN-38)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a new treatment option for patients with a rare and aggressive form of lung cancer that currently has no standard therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with only 48 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The drug may cause side effects typical of chemotherapy, and it is not yet known if it will improve survival.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 48 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Volunteer to participate in the study, be able to understand the requirements of a clinical study, and willingness to sign a written informed consent form. 2. Aged ≥ 18 years, male or female. 3. Patients with initial diagnosis of EGFR-mutated NSCLC and histologically or cytologically confirmed transformation to SCLC following treatment with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor. 4. After transformation to SCLC, the patient's prior treatment history must meet one of the following criteria: * Progression after only receiving platinum-based treatment regimens. * No prior systemic therapy for SCLC. 5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score 0 or 1 at screening. 6. Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with symptomatic brain metastases or carcinoma meningitis. Note: * Patients with treated brain metastases may participate in this study if the patient has completed radiotherapy or surgery for brain metastases ≥ 4 weeks prior to study entry, and neurologically stable ≥ 4 weeks after radiotherapy or surgery treatment \[i.e., no new findings on brain imaging and no new neurologic deficits from brain metastasis on screening examination, and high doses of corticosteroids (\> 10 mg prednisone daily or equivalent) were not required within 4 weeks prior to enrollment\]. * Patients with brainstem metastases or spinal cord compression (detected by radiographic imaging, even if they did not have symptoms) were not eligible. 2. Patients who have a history of another primary malignancy (with the exception of patients with cured basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ of uterine cervix). A patient who has had no evidence of disease from another primary cancer for 3 or more years is allowed to participate in the study. 3. Patients with tumors that had invaded important blood vessels as shown in the screening imaging and that the investigators assessed were highly likely to cause fatal bleeding during the study. 4. Patients whose pericardial effusion, pleural effusion or ascites remain uncontrollable after intervention. 5. Patients with Gilbert's syndrome disease. 6. Patients who have a known diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection or HIV antibody test positive during screening. 7. Patients with active hepatitis C or chronic hepatitis B at screening ("active hepatitis" defined as HCV RNA level ≥ 200 IU/mL for hepatitis C or HBV DNA level ≥ 2000 IU/mL for hepatitis B at screening). In addition, eligible hepatitis B or hepatitis C patients must agree to antiviral treatment according to the treatment guidelines. 8. Patients who have not sufficient baseline organ function. 9. Those who are known to be allergic to the active ingredient or excipients of the investigational product BL0020 Injection, or who have a predisposition to allergy. 10. Patients who are taking anticoagulant therapy (prophylactic use of low-dose aspirin \[≤ 100 mg/day\] or low molecular weight heparin is allowed). 11. Those who have received live or attenuated vaccines (e.g., measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, yellow fever, rabies, BCG, typhoid vaccine, etc.) within 4 weeks before enrollment or scheduled to receive during the study. 12. Pregnant or lactating women. 13. Patients who are assessed disqualified to join clinical studies by investigator due to any causes.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Shanghai Chest Hospital
Shanghai, 200030, China
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